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Three West Lothian swimming pools to close after no alternative found

Three pools will close at the end of August despite vociferous public campaigns to save them. Howden Park centre wins a few more months thanks to council funding and potentially new management

Edinburgh Live

Northern Ireland Secretary challenged ‘to do your job’ and publish Stormont plan

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill was speaking as the Assembly remains collapsed amid DUP protest action over the NI Protocol.

The Independent UK

Analysis: Heat on DUP as NI secretary asks for advice on water charges and tuition fees

The move is little more than a paper exercise but will be seized upon by other parties

Belfast Live

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Chris Heaton Harris presses Stormont bosses on revenue measures like water charges

"Simply spending more is not the answer to transforming Northern Ireland’s public services"

Belfast Live

Heaton-Harris asks for advice on water charges and tuition fees increase

The Northern Ireland Secretary has written to permanent secretaries in Stormont departments about revenue-raising measures.

The Independent UK

West Lothian care home closure plans 'the final straw' for Labour party

Councillors from the party say they will oppose the plans

Daily Record

Budget crisis increases urgency for return of Stormont Assembly – Martin

The Tanaiste met political parties in Belfast.

The Independent UK

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Michelle O'Neill heading to Washington to 'update' officials following election results, say Sinn Fein

Visit coincides with US trip by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Belfast Live

Irish premier hopes to see Stormont Assembly restored by September

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declined to speculate on alternatives to devolution.

The Independent UK

Angry protests as West Lothian Council debate on care home cuts stifled

Having raised the issue at last week's Executive Labour stalled debate by councillors on the future funding of care homes and the budget for social care

Edinburgh Live

Irish Foreign Minister hails ‘significant’ talk around extra Stormont money

The Stormont Assembly has been effectively collapsed for more than a year amid DUP protest action over the Brexit Protocol.

The Independent UK

West Lothian's newest town cut off from county as bus service disappears

Winchburgh has lost its only bus service to the rest of the county. It's still waiting for a railway station to connect it to the rest of the country.

Edinburgh Live

'Lifeline' funding for West Lothian theatre facing threat of closure

Council will fund Howden Park from August until the end of March while the search for new operator goes on

Edinburgh Live

Secretary of State slammed by Police Federation NI as ‘out of touch’

Liam Kelly, chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland said Chris Heaton-Harris has declined to meet them.

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Daily Record

£30m rebuild of school 'cheapest' option to deal with crumbling concrete

Council officers say partial demolition and rebuild of St Kentigern's the cheapest and fastest way to solve dangerous roof problems

Belfast Live

Restore power-sharing before Stormont gets more funding, Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris says

Chris Heaton-Harris also said Sinn Féin becoming the largest party is a "general question for unionism"

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian school faces £30m rebuild to tackle crumbling concrete

Council officers say partial demolition and rebuild of St Kentigern's the cheapest and fastest way to solve dangerous roof problems. It's the biggest bill the council will have faced since the faulty building material was found in council buildings in 2021

The Independent UK

People in NI sent ‘clear message’ they want return to powersharing – Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar said he and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would do all they could to help restore the devolved institutions in Belfast.

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The Independent UK

Desperate need to get Stormont Assembly back up and running – Heaton-Harris

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said a lot was being asked of the civil service in the absence of local ministers in the region.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland mental health crisis set to get worse, Audit Office report warns

Spiralling waiting lists and staff vacancies signs of an underfunded sector

The Independent UK

PM and Taoiseach need to chair meeting to plot Stormont return, Sinn Fein says

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party had secured a renewed mandate to seek changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

British and Irish governments must deliver plan to restore Stormont – O’Neill

Sinn Fein has emerged as the largest party in the local government elections.

The National (Scotland)

'Unionism must do better' as Sinn Fein win big in Northern Irish elections

SINN Fein has emerged as the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland for the first time after making large gains in the council…

Belfast Live

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill hails 'momentous' election results and calls for DUP to return to powersharing

Ms O’Neill said the boycott of the Stormont Assembly by the DUP “cannot go on”.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein emerges as largest party at end of marathon council elections count

The final of 462 council seats across Northern Ireland was filled shortly after midnight on Sunday.

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